Handicap betting is defined as «H». Handicap betting is offered to define the result of the match, if one of the opponents is given an advantage or lag by goals/points/sets, etc. The settlement of the bet is defined by adding or subtracting (depending on the symbol “+” or “-”) the handicap of points from the selected player.
In a specific situations customer (better,user) is able to place a bet with two handicaps simultaneously. Half of the stake is settled by the value of first handicap, and the another half by the second value.
By way of example, if a stake of 100 is placed on Team A to win with a handicap of (-1.5; -2) (or "Team 1 with handicap (-1.75)"), the stake is divided equally between the two values, in this case meaning that the Customer has a stake of 50 on Team A to win with a handicap of (-1.5) and a further bet of 50 on Team A to win with a handicap of (-2).
More informaton about handicap values is offered in the following table:
| Average value of two handicaps |
First handicap |
Second handicap |
| +0.25 |
0 |
0.5 |
| -0.25 |
0 |
-0.5 |
| +0.75 |
+0.5 |
+1 |
| -0.75 |
-0.5 |
-1 |
| +1.75 |
+1.5 |
+2 |
| -1.75 |
-1.5 |
-2 |
| +2.75 |
+2.5 |
+3 |
| -2.75 |
-2.5 |
-3 |
Two halves of the bet are settled separately. During the settlement following variants are possible:
- Bet is fully won. Two halves of bet fulfill the winning conditions;
- Bet is lost fully. Both halves of bet do not fulfill the winning conditions;
- Half of the bet is lost, half — refunded.
- Half of the bet is won, half — refunded.
Example 1:
Bet was placed on Team A to win with the handicap +0.75 with the odds of 2,00 and stake is 1000. Given bet can be presented as two bets:
- Bet with the handicap +0.5 with the odds of 2.00 and stake is 500
- Bet with the handicap +1 with the odds of 2.00 and stake is 500
Variants of event settlement:
- Any win of Team A — payment is 2000
- Any draw — payment is 2000
- Defeat by 1 goal — payment is 500 (second half is refunded)
- Defeat by two goals and more — bet is lost.
For example,
Score is 1:0, 2:0, 3:1 and so on — two halves of bet are won (handicap +0,5 and +1) 1000x2= 2000
Score is 0:0, 1:1, 2:2 and so on — two halves of bet are won (handicap +0,5 and +1) 1000x2= 2000
Score is 0:1, 1:2, 2:3 and so on — handicap +0,5 is lost and +1 is refunded, accordingly, half of the stake 500 is lost, and second half 500 is refunded, payment equals 500.
Score is 0:2, 2:4 and so on — two halves are lost (handicap +0,5 and +1), payment is zero.
Example 2:
Bet was placed on Team B to win with the handicap -0.25 with the odds of 2,00 and stake is 1000. Given bet can be presented as two bets:
- Bet with the handicap -0.5 with the odds 2.00 and stake is 500
- Bet with the handicap 0 with the odds 2.00 and stake is 500
Variants of event settlement:
- Any win of Team B — payment is 2000
- Any draw — payment is 500 (second part is refunded)
- Defeat — bet is lost.